Oh, fool! to think that thou thy act could’st keep
From that All-piercing Eye, which cannot sleep!
“Go to thy trial! and may I—with thee
A fellow-sinner, who to mercy flee—
That mercy find, as justly I dispense
Between thy frailty and thy penitence!
“Go to thy trial! and be wise in time,
And know that no man can conceal a crime.
God and his Conscience witness all that’s done,
And these he cannot cheat, he cannot shun. 190